607 - J. KLEIN (1792–1875), Three Sheep Lying Next to a Ram, 1813, Etching

J. KLEIN (1792–1875), Three Sheep Lying Next to a Ram, 1813, Etching Johann Adam Klein (1792 Nuremberg – 1875 Munich): Three Sheep Lying Next to a Ram, 1813, Etching Technique: Etching on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 122 I/II Inscription: Monogrammed and dated in the upper right corner of the printing plate: “JAK fec. 1813” Date: 1813 Description: Very rare proof prior to the refinement of the sky and the hill on the left. Bibliography: Jahn, C.: The Work of Johann Adam Klein. Painter and Copper Engraver in Munich, Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, Recipient of the Cross of Merit of the Ducal Saxon Ernestine House Order; Munich 1863. Cat. Rais. No.: 122 I/II. Keywords: Animals, sheep, landscape, 19th century, Romanticism, Animals, Germany, Size: Paper: 5.0 cm x 9.6 cm (2 x 3.8 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Significant foxing visible across the entire sheet. Faint rubbing along the sheet’s margin; slightly wavy in the lower left corner.